The first phase of the codeshare agreement between Avianca and Lufthansa allow travelers to reach more places in the world.
In compliance with the announcement last November, Colombia's Avianca and Lufthansa took place on Wednesday March 9th codeshare agreement. In this way, passengers of both airlines will benefit from increased connectivity options, more facilities and better travel services.
In this first phase of the agreement, passengers from Frankfurt via Lufthansa, can connect from Bogota Avianca flights to Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Pereira, Cartagena and Bucaramanga.
On the other hand, from now on, users can acquire Avianca tickets in Bogotá-Frankfurt route operated by Lufthansa.
Avianca customers both as Lufthansa can purchase their tickets for the routes included in the agreement in all sales systems, offices, call centers and travel agencies. A single ticket will be enough to get around in various routes of both airlines, which will result in more benefits for travelers, less connection time, elimination of multiple processes of check-in and optimization in baggage handling.
To complement this, in the coming months, members of frequent flyer programs LifeMiles Avianca and Taca and Lufthansa Miles & More, can redeem their miles on routes operated by both airlines and thus enjoy greater benefits.
Referring to the Agreement, the Executive Chairman of AviancaTaca, Fabio Villegas Ramirez, said: "The codeshare flights on Lufthansa complement Avianca-operation under the same type existing between Taca time ago and Lufthansa. With the implementation of this first phase Avianca expands its route network, offering more options to Colombians and Latin Americans who want to reach Germany. Similarly, the offer is extended to more destinations in Colombia and Latin America for travelers from Germany. "
"For Lufthansa, this agreement is of great importance because this way we increase our wide range of destinations and connections for travelers from the six major cities in Colombia to Europe and nearly 200 destinations worldwide, as well as more than 6,000 travelers we carry an average month from Frankfurt to Bogota, who can now travel with much more comfort and better connections AviancaTaca, to their destinations inside the country", said Mr. Wolfgang Bayer, Lufthansa general manager for Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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